An organization is granted the block 130.56.0.0/16. The administrator wants to…

Solution: Steps to find the first subnet range when splitting 130.56.0.0/16 into 1024 subnets.

• Start with the given network: 130.56.0.0/16.

• Number of subnets required: 1024 = 2^10, so you must borrow 10 bits from the host portion.

• New prefix length: 16 + 10 = /26.

• Addresses per subnet: 2^(32 - 26) = 64 addresses (values 0–63 in the fourth octet).

• First subnet range: network address 130.56.0.0 to broadcast address 130.56.0.63.

• Usable host addresses in the first subnet: 130.56.0.1 through 130.56.0.62.

Answer: First subnet = 130.56.0.0 — 130.56.0.63 (usable hosts 130.56.0.1–130.56.0.62).